Welcome to St Joseph Church
(Bt Timah)
(Bt Timah)
Cardinal Mass St Joseph Feast Day May ‘24
Click here to access our online Masses
on our YouTube channel
AROUND THE PARISH
Mysteries of the Rosary
The Sorrowful Mysteries
Face-to-face: commences Tue 25 Feb @ 11.05am
St Joseph AVA Room
or
Online: commences Tue 04 Mar @ 8pm/ Wed 05 Mar @ 9am
Journey through Lent by reflecting on the Passion and Death of Jesus with a video series on the Sorrowful Mysteries. 7 sessions face-to-face and online via Zoom. Please register for the online sessions at tinyurl.com/FABLent25
Scripture Series: The Book of Judith
with Fr Ambrose Vaz
Thursdays commencing 6 Feb to 20 Mar
7 sessions
9am to 10.45am
St Joseph AVA Room
Journey through the Book of Judith with bible scholar, Fr Ambrose Vaz.
This will be covered over 7 sessions.
Every Thursday commencing on 6 Feb
All are Welcome.
Do bring along your bibles.
Praying with Scripture
Facilitator: Jane Lau and the Faith & Bible Reflections Community
Tue 25 Feb
8.00pm - 9.45pm
via Zoom
Learn how to pray with the Bible using the ancient method of Lectio Divina, which means 'Divine Reading'. Through contemplating and 'chewing' on the Word of God, we can learn to hear God's voice speaking more clearly to us.
Please register at: https://tinyurl.com/BibleBasics2025
Mass Timing for Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence.
There will be the imposition of ashes at all Masses.
Divine Mercy Way of the Cross
Every Thursday in Lent
8.00pm
Chapel of St Joseph
Fridays in Lent
7.30pm: Stations of the Cross
8.00pm: Mass
Main Church
The Way of the Cross with St Joseph
The Priests of the Parish are presenting every family with a copy of the book, The Way of the Cross with St Joseph: A Virtues-based Personal Devotion for Healing and Reconciliation, to aid your prayer during this special year. You can collect your copy after all Masses on 01 – 02 March.
Lent to Easter
Reflection Booklet
This reflection booklet is designed to accompany individuals, families, RCIA groups, parish organisations, ministries, and small Christian communities throughout the Lenten and Easter seasons. It is our hope that by reflecting on the Word of God, they come to encounter more intimately Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection.
Solemnity of St Joseph, Spouse of the BVM
Wed 19 Mar
6.30am: Mass the Chapel of St Joseph
6.30pm: Mass in the Main Church
Prayer thru Music
Fri 21 Mar
8.00pm
St Mary AVA Room
Level 3, PCH
Guest Speaker: Rev Fr Joseph Zhang, CDD
Topic: He loved us
Welcome Team
Do you enjoy making new friends and welcoming people?
We are looking to form a Welcome Team to welcome visitors and new parishioners to St Joseph's.
If this interests you, please email Jane, our Pastoral Teams Coordinator at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Offertory at Weekend Masses
You can register your interest to bring up the offertory gifts at the weekend Masses.
Please provide at least one week's advance notice. All requests will be on a first-come first-served basis. The Parish Office will contact you to confirm if your request has been accepted.
You can scan the QR code or use the link below to register your interest.
https://forms.gle/1BCrL6Kp7Cgt9BkdA
GLAD Fit
Every Tue and Thu
Parish Community Hall
To participate, please register with the Healthy 365 App. All are welcome.
PARISH DEVOTION
Mass in Honour of St Joseph
Every First Wed of the Month
7.30pm: St Joseph Rosary
8.00pm: Mass
There will be no 6.30pm Mass in the Chapel of St Joseph.
First Friday Mass & Holy Hour
7.15pm: Mass
8.00pm: Holy Hour
There will be no 6.30pm Mass in the Chapel of St Joseph.
Holy Hour for Vocations
Every 3rd Thu of the Month
Chapel of St Joseph
8pm
Facilitated by the seminarians from SFXMS.
AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE
Gaza
Fundraising Appeal
In Gaza, countless families have lost everything — their homes, their schools, their safe spaces. Yet, even in the midst of devastation, hope remains. Together, we can help rebuild not just buildings, but lives, dreams, and futures.
Caritas Humanitarian Aid & Relief Initiatives, Singapore (CHARIS), is appealing for donations to support the rebuilding efforts for those affected by the ongoing conflict. Your generosity can provide shelter, education, and a chance for these families to begin again.
PIETA Prayer Support for Bereaved Parents
Tue 25 Feb
7.30pm
CAEC @ Highland Road
We invite any parent who has lost a child (regardless of age and no matter how recent or long ago) to meet every fourth Tuesday of the month to pray and support each other.
Enquiries: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
or https://pieta.familylife.sg/
Assisi Fun Day Charity Carnival
Sale of Tickets
01 - 02 Mar
Staff and volunteers from Assisi Hospice will be at our church on 1 March from 4.30pm - 7.00pm and on 2 March from 8.00am - 1.00pm to sell carnival coupons for their upcoming Assisi Fun Day. Assisi Hospice serves 3,200 patients each year, with 70% of them being means-tested at the lowest income tier and in need of financial support. The funds raised will help Assisi Hospice to continue their mission of providing compassionate, personalised and quality palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses. Please support them by purchasing the carnival coupons or making a donation.
Love without Limits
7 - 9 Mar
Montfort Centre
In order to draw closer to us and give us a more convincing proof of his love, eternal Wisdom went so far as to become one like us, even to become a little child, to embrace poverty and to die upon a cross for us. Will you let Jesus, friend of sinners, come to you and love you just as you are?
Register at: https://www.montfortcentre.org/events-1/love-without-limits
Building Trust
8 Mar or 12 Apr
9.30am - 3.30pm
Agape Village
Cost: $100
Through conversations and interactive group activities, participants will develop a shared understanding of trust and take personal responsibility for how they can develop deeper levels of trust at an inter-personal and group level.
Quieting The Soul
7-9 March 2025
St. Francis Xavier Retreat Centre
Take some time out with the Lord as He invites you to "come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” [Mark 6:31]
This is a 3-day silent retreat suitable for beginners and busy people. Register early using QR code.
Beginning Experience Weekend
Fri 21 Mar - Sun 23 Mar
Lifesprings Canossian Spirituality Centre
Come and experience a weekend away for a lifetime of change. The 68th Beginning Experience (BE) Weekend is a live-in weekend for the permanently separated, divorced or widowed (for both males and females). The BE Weekend helps single-again individuals move on from the darkness of their grief into the light of a new beginning, to be healed and be free to love themselves, others and God.
Registration or any enquiries can be made at this link: https://www.besingapore.org/BE_Event
Creating Safe Spaces in Communities and Religious Institutions
22-23 Mar
2 days, non-stay in at La Salle House
This two-day workshop seminar introduces Safeguarding as Charism and Spirituality, starting with its theological and spiritual foundation. Abuse and all its forms will be defined. The dynamics of victimization and offending will also be explored. This workshop is highly recommended to all holding leadership positions in the Church.
Register: https://forms.gle/TKeRHkzrdqrswEpa9
At the Feet of the Good Shepherd Retreat
22 - 23 Mar
St Francis Xavier Retreat Centre
A personalised, directed retreat for leaders to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to His voice, allowing our Good Shepherd to tend to our inner wounds and restore our soul.
To register or find out more, go to: www.catholicleader.sg
His Seven Last Words on the Cross
A Lenten Reflection by Bro Collin Wee, FSC
Fri 28 Mar 2025
8pm - 10pm
La Salle House
Contribution: $40/adult
This Lent, take up your cross; listen to and reflect on Jesus’ words to you from the cross.
For more info/to register: https://forms.gle/c8rmsf1cpmBxAjBd8
2025 Marriage Preparation Courses
Couples intending to celebrate their union in the Catholic Church are encouraged to attend the Marriage Preparation Courses as early as possible before the wedding date.
Career Counselling for PMEs
Sessions conducted via Zoom
Scan the QR code to Register
There will be a nominal charge of $10 to cover administrative costs.
PAYNOW
St. Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah)
UEN (Unique Entity Number):
T08CC4043C
CASH
You can drop this in the donation boxes at the foyer (Cry Room) and St Mary's wing.
CHEQUE
Cheques can be made payable to:
St. Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah)
Mail to:
St. Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah)
620 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678116
Drop into Donation box:
You can drop this in the donation boxes at the foyer (Cry Room) and St Mary's wing.
Please leave your name, contact number and address so that we can mail the receipt to you.
ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH
(BUKIT TIMAH)
Year Built: 1846
Patron Saint: St Joseph
Feast Day: May 1st
Address: 620 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 678116
Nearest MRT Station: Cashew
Buses: 67, 75, 170, 176, 178, 184, 961, 963, 970
Mass Schedule
Weekday (Morning): Mon – Sat @ 6.30AM (Chapel of St Joseph)
Weekday (Evening): Mon – Fri @ 6.30PM (Chapel of St Joseph)
Saturday Sunset Mass: 5.30PM
Sunday (Mandarin): 7.30AM
Sunday (English): 9.30AM | 11.30AM | 5.30PM
2nd Collection: 4th Sunday for Church Maintenance and Operation fund
SSVP: Donations for the Poor can be dropped into the Donation Box in the Cry Room.
Confessions: 15 mins before all weekend Masses in the open foyer of the main Church
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